Where does “nghìn xưa” come from?

nghìn xưa (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese xưa, from Chinese 初.

nghìn xưa (Vietnamese): from time immemorial; long ago

Definitions

  1. from time immemorial; long ago

Ancestry of “nghìn xưa”, step by step

nghìn xưa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese xưa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesexưaold; ancient; a long time ago; old times
2Chinese初—

via Vietnamese nghìn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenghìnthousand
Every word from Chinese 初 →Every word from Vietnamese xưa →